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2025 · Regular session · House bill
HB1022
HB1022 removes the description of Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College as an “upper-level” educational center.
Official caption: Relating to the course levels offered at Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College.
Official report lists House author(s): Morales, Eddie, Kitzman, Howard, Curry, Lalani. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.
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- HB1022 removes the description of Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College as an “upper-level” educational center.
- The law took effect September 1, 2025, but the change applies beginning January 1, 2026.
What does it do?
HB1022 removes the description of Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College as an “upper-level” educational center. That lifts this statutory restriction on course levels at the center operated in Del Rio, Eagle Pass and Uvalde. The university remains based in Alpine and under the Texas State University System’s board of regents.
The law took effect September 1, 2025, but the change applies beginning January 1, 2026. It does not itself list new classes, promise admission or set tuition. Students still need to check the college’s actual offerings. Final law · Official history
What changed along the way?
The introduced bill and House committee version would have delayed application until January 1, 2028. The House adopted Representative Eddie Morales’s third-reading amendment changing 2028 to 2026. The engrossed, Senate committee and enrolled versions retain that earlier date; the course-level change and September 1, 2025 effective date otherwise remained the same.
The official index lists that one amendment, adopted April 17, 2025. The Senate passed the bill without further amendment. Governor Abbott signed it May 29, 2025. The enacted application date is 2026, not the original proposal’s 2028. Introduced bill · House committee text · Adopted amendment · Engrossed text · Senate committee text · Amendment index
For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.
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Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
Students in the three border-region communities could benefit if the college uses the expanded authority to offer earlier college-level courses locally. The university gains flexibility, with the change applying two years sooner than originally proposed. Those are opportunities created by the law, not evidence that particular courses have opened or that students will save a specified amount.
The Legislative Budget Board anticipated no fiscal implication to the state or local governments, both for the introduced bill and for the amended, engrossed version. The bill contains no appropriation, tuition reduction or student financial-aid award. The fiscal finding does not mean attending college is free. Introduced fiscal note · Engrossed fiscal note
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Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.